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9 February 2015

EU: Gentiloni at Foreign Affairs Council, Agenda centred on Ukraine crisis

The Ukraine crisis is at the centre of the agenda of a foreign ministers council meeting, where Minister Paolo Gentiloni is participating. A negotiated settlement to Ukraine crisis  The European foreign ministers meeting begins a week that promises to be a demanding one for European and international diplomats seeking a negotiated solution to the Ukraine […]

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6 February 2015

Sicurezza e lotta al terrorismo – Gentiloni alla Conferenza internazionale di Monaco

Il Ministro Paolo Gentiloni e’ a Monaco di Baviera, in Germania, per partecipare, insieme con il Ministro della Difesa Roberta Pinotti, alla cinquantunesima conferenza internazionale sulla sicurezza. 80 leader mondialiFino a domenica circa 80 leader mondiali, tra cui il Vicepresidente e il Segretario di Stato Usa, Joe Biden e John Kerry, il Presidente ucraino Petro […]

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Press Releases

4 February 2015

Missione Sottosegretario Della Vedova a Cipro

  Il Sottosegretario di Stato agli Affari Esteri e la Cooperazione Internazionale, Benedetto Della Vedova, si recherà il 5 e 6 febbraio prossimi a Cipro per incontri con le massime autorità locali, tra cui il Presidente della Repubblica di Cipro, Nicos Anastasiades, il Ministro degli Esteri Ioannis Kasoulides e il Capo della Chiesa Ortodossa di […]

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2 February 2015

Moscow must use its influence over the separatists, says Gentiloni. Minister underscores the importance of Europe’s “unitary message”

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has reiterated the importance of the “unitary message” concerning the Ukrainian crisis sent out to Russia by the latest European Union Foreign Affairs Council. The Minister was speaking from Algiers, where he has met his Algerian opposite number. “Moscow must use its influence – which is considerable – over the separatists […]

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Press Releases

27 January 2015

Gentiloni: Remembrance Day, Italy strong in fight against anti-Semitism and religious intolerance

“The Holocaust Remembrance Day is an important recurrence and one deeply felt by Italians”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “Our law of 2000 establishing a Holocaust Remembrance Day was five years ahead of the UN General Assembly’s declaration proclaiming 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day”, Gentiloni pointed out. “Italy supported […]

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Interviews

21 January 2015

Gentiloni: “A single European intelligence service” (Nazione – Carlino – Giorno)

Minister Gentiloni, we are witnessing a confrontation between two forms of Islam. How can we strengthen the moderate Islam that is open to dialogue? “We must not agree with those who identify Islam with terrorism: doing that would be not just a gift to terrorists but idiotic too. That said, the religious institutions and civil […]

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19 January 2015

EU Foreign Affairs Council – Europe faces serious terrorist threat, says Gentiloni

“The meeting confirmed the terrorist threat to all European countries: there are an estimated 3000 to 5000 foreign fighters in Europe”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment at the end of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Gentiloni added that plans are under discussion “to set up security attachés in the EU delegations of the countries […]

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19 January 2015

EU Foreign Affairs Council – Gentiloni, working on unified response to terrorism

“Efforts are being made to achieve a unified European Union response to the challenge of terrorism, a response that must be shared with the overwhelming majority of Islamic governments and people”. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s statement upon arriving at the Council of Foreign Ministers being held today in Brussels. Gentiloni underscored that “it is […]

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13 January 2015

Italian EU Presidency – “Europe has changed direction, time now for action”

Over the past six months, Europe has undergone a “profound change in direction, now it’s time for action”; while the Italian EU presidency has “the colour and taste of an opportunity”. In his closing speech for the EU presidency in Strasbourg, Matteo Renzi underscored that “either Europe switches economic gears or it is going to […]

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12 January 2015

Gentiloni: No EU government is talking about suspending Schengen – ISIS is terrorism becoming State. EU foreign ministers to meet in Brussels Monday

“No EU government is talking about suspending Schengen. Sacrificing our freedom of circulation would be an unacceptable price to pay”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni reported to the Senate on the attacks in France on “three days of horror that France and Europe will never forget”. Stating that the government shared the pain of the families of […]

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Interviews

31 December 2014

Gentiloni: “The EU is not a running faucet for sanctions” (La Stampa)

Minister Gentiloni, there an infinite number of issues are on the table for 2015. Shall we begin with Russia?  «Alright».  Regarding the Moscow sanctions “for illegal actions in Ukraine”, is there a softer European approach and a harsher U.S. one, and can you tell us how Italy has chosen to act?  «To tell the truth […]

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Interviews

28 December 2014

Gentiloni: “IS a serious threat. Europe must do more for persecuted Christians” (Avvenire)

Gentiloni: “IS a serious threat. Europe must do more for persecuted Christians” (Avvenire) Real terrorism risk in Italy also by Arturo Celletti   The threat of terrorism exists. It is real. But careful not to equate Islam or immigrants with terrorism. Paolo Gentiloni pauses a moment to think, then underscores those two points even more […]

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